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Old 11-14-2008, 11:17 AM
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Can anyone tell me why there are small pockets of air bubbles on my oil dipstick? This is when the engine is at operating temp. Oil lvl is fine. Any idea why that would be the case?

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this is normal.
Oil flowing around moving parts
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I got that when I had a nasty oil pan gasket leak...do you leak any good amount of oil? Any oil mixed into your coolant by chance?
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from what i can tell, there is oil in the radiator, and there is not a drop of oil on the motor or on the floor
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get a cylinder leak down test
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Originally Posted by blu3g
from what i can tell, there is oil in the radiator, and there is not a drop of oil on the motor or on the floor
Dude if u have oil oil in your rad. then u have some bigger problems then just bubles on ur dipstick
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Dude if u have oil oil in your rad. then u have some bigger problems then just bubles on ur dipstick
Agreed. Go check that out before your motor is pooched.
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blown/lifting head gasket
whats the set up?
start with a compression test
a leak down test is better however most people have no clue what it is /how to do it
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